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Bullish economy cuts working poor figures

This content was published on Apr 2, 2007 But church charity Caritas Switzerland has accused the government of fudging its figures. The Federal Statistics Office reported on Monday that 8.5 per cent of the 4.226 million Swiss between the ages of 20 and 59 live below the poverty line – down from 9.1 per cent in 2000. The percentage of working poor, those…

Al Jazeera comes to Swiss cable

This content was published on Apr 1, 2007 Cablecom has introduced the station as part of its revamped basic digital service launched on Sunday in the German-speaking part of the country. The introduction of Al Jazeera as part of the line-up comes less than five months after the broadcaster went on air. For Cablecom the decision was straightforward. “We already have a large…

Render unto Caesar

This content was published on Apr 1, 2007 Apart from the practical issues of the tax season, the question occasionally arises, “why do we pay taxes”? I vividly remember when, as a social science student at Bern University, I had to take an obligatory law course and chose tax law. Revered tax law professor Irene Blumenstein made it clear in her first lecture…

Switzerland serves up a ban on spam

This content was published on Apr 1, 2007 Unsuspecting computer users may fall foul of the law if they fail to protect their PCs against malicious software used by spammers to spread their unsolicited messages. Only one per cent of unsolicited mail received in Switzerland originates in the country itself and the legislation covers only these spam messages. Despite this limitation, the deputy…

Alpine village backs desert king’s dream

This content was published on Mar 30, 2007 Residents have voted overwhelmingly in favour of amending local zoning plans to allow what will be one of the most ambitious tourism projects in the Swiss Alps to go ahead. Hundreds of voters crowded into Andermatt’s community centre on Friday night, agreeing to the changes by a show of hands. If the people of the…

How Helvetica moulded the urban landscape

This content was published on Mar 30, 2007 To mark the anniversary, American filmmaker Gary Hustwit has produced a documentary devoted to the font. “I had been interested in graphic design for years,” Hustwit told swissinfo. “From there came the idea to do a documentary about fonts. With Helvetica’s 50 years coming up I found the focal point on which to concentrate.” The…

Swiss confirm their image as busy bees

This content was published on Mar 29, 2007 The Federal Statistics Office said people worked 42 hours and 20 minutes a week on average. In all, 7.004 billion of hours were recorded in 2005. That’s up 0.4 per cent on the previous year. In the same period absences increased by 1.9 per cent and overtime remained fairly stable with a fall of 0.1…

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This content was published on Mar 29, 2007

Swiss promote trade accord with India

This content was published on Mar 28, 2007 The state secretary in the Swiss economics ministry, Jean-Daniel Gerber, said such an agreement would provide a further boost to bilateral trade and investment. He was speaking on Wednesday at The Forum for International Business organised by the country’s main trade promotion organisation, Osec – Business Network Switzerland. The idea of such an accord has…

Victory not interested in easy killing

This content was published on Mar 28, 2007 Victory generated waves of negative press during the protracted and emotional buyout in 2005 of technology company Oerlikon, then named Unaxis, followed by car parts maker Saurer last year. The acquisitions have prompted calls to reform company takeover laws in Switzerland which would force buyers to disclose their identity earlier than they are obliged at…

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